The new generation of satellite-borne earth resources scanners, the Thematic Mapper, is being built for launch on the Landsat-D spacecraft. It will gather data for applications such as crop inventory, land use planning, forest management, and geology. This paper gives an overall design description, further discussion of principal design features, performance achievements where data are available, and system performance predictions.
Thematic mapper design description and performance prediction
Space optics ; 1979 ; Huntsville, AL
1979-01-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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